Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors
United Natural Foods, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-19947, 333-19949, 333-71673, 333-56652, 333-106217, and 333-123462) on Form S-8 of United Natural Foods, Inc. of our reports dated September 21, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of United Natural Foods, Inc. and subsidiaries as of July 28, 2007 and July 29, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended July 28, 2007, the related financial statement schedule, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of July 28, 2007, which reports appear in the July 28, 2007 annual report on Form 10-K of United Natural Foods, Inc.

As discussed in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, effective August 1, 2005, the Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment.

Providence, Rhode Island

September 21, 2007